RedWing made it to the spot. He knew Robin was on patrol so Nazo wondered why he had called him since he didn't exactly have his training completed just yet. He didn't get the chance to ask. When he arrived Robin had filled him in on why he needed the extra help, for Lex. RedWing had never been in the field so this was all new to him but he followed Robin's instructions, trusting him to not get him killed.

Being appointed as the distraction RedWing caught the attention of the bot before using his own grapple gun to latch onto the neighboring roof and swinging up to it. The chase was on! Sprinting across the rooftops Nazo could hear the robot behind him and didn't bother checking behind him. As he made to leap to the next building where Robin was to appear from behind, work his magic, and download the brain file, and shut the bot down, his mistake caught up with him. As his feet left the concrete lip of one building the robot, which had been much closer than Nazo had thought, caught hold of his ankle. This forced his momentum into a near face plant against he side of the building before Nazo turned and pulled himself up last second, managing only to hit his shoulder. The bot pulled him up and was about to "shut RedWing down" when a batarang sliced through the arm holding him down. Jumping up, Nazo nodded in Robin's direction briefly before executing the shut down plan.

The brief struggle resulted in one mostly trashed robot and a scratched up and bruised young hero. Robin downloaded the files he needed before turning to Nazo. "Please try to cover that up so Bruce doesn't see it." He gestured to Nazo's split lip and bruised cheekbone. He nodded before thanking Robin for letting him help and leaving back for the manor.

Once there, he stripped off his uniform, placing it back carefully in the display and did his best to clean up the cuts. This done, he hurried back to his room, careful to make as little noise as possible. He felt he would have some story telling to do in the morning.

Selina and Bruce stood in his room waiting for him. Nazo cursed Robin for not calling him in sooner though it is not completely his fault. Bruce Wayne is Batman, the greatest detective in the world. He would've deduced his teenaged son would eventually take his suit and leave to go into the field. So, he installed a silent alarm and tracker in his son's outfit. Needless to say, Nazo forgot that aspect of his father.

Before Nazo could weave a story, Bruce holds up his hand shaking his head.

"Don't try to lie, Nazo. Just tell me how many hits you took."

Nazo sighs looking down, "Two...."

"Then you have two choices. Either you are grounded with no training with me, your mother, or the YJL for two months along with just school and home. Or you can have double training for two weeks with just school and home. Take your pick."

Once Nazo picked, Bruce nods decisively, "Good. Now go to bed."

Bruce passes Nazo leaving but not before giving him a light hand on the shoulder. Selina stops in front her "kitten" when Bruce has gone to their room. She looks at him, "If it makes you feel better, dear, he is relieved that you didn't get worse injuries. We will get the full story from your brother later. Trust me, he will get the worst half of your father's rage."

As Nazo opened the door to his room he froze when he saw his parents. He began to stammer out a perfectly logical reason for him being out when Bruce stopped him. He hung his head and answered his question.

He listened to his options, neither of them sounded very good but no training for two months! Surely he could handle two weeks of double training, right? "I'll take the double training." Nazo muttered without lifting his head, not wanting to meet his father's gaze.

He nodded at Bruce's order to go to bed and moved to do so when he felt his father's hand on his shoulder. He took it as a sign that he wasn't beyond angry with him, this feeling relieved more so by his mother's words. He didn't want Robin getting in too much trouble, after all, he had been the one to agree to going out. Nazo tried to say something but stopped when Selina said she'd come to his defense.

Wishing her a goodnight, Nazo quickly changed and climbed into bed, collapsing under the blankets and falling asleep soon after. It had been a long day and he was grateful it was over.

Krystie woke to the sounds of cold commands and grunting. She could hear Nazo's punishment in the Batcave with her super hearing that she didn't realize she had. She yawns getting up heading to the kitchen.

"Alfred? Alfred?"

In the Batcave, Nazo has been training since 4:00 that morning and it's now 6:50 am. Bruce had upped his training regiment ten fold and is not giving any leeway.

Nazo felt himself land hard on the training mats for what felt like the hundredth time that morning. He was tired and sore but knew he wouldn't be getting any forgiveness just yet. Sighing he pulled himself to his feet once more and got into his stance again, waiting for Bruce to say go.

From the kitchen Alfred heard Kasey calling. "Good morning miss Kasey, I assume you slept well?" He asked, escorting her to the table which he had been setting for breakfast, and once Bruce decided Nazo could finally take a break. "What would you like for breakfast?" The butler asked, he had made several things already and could easily make up some more if Kasey decided none of it was to her liking. He was beginning to worry that Bruce would push Nazo too far, he had already expressed his concerns to Selina earlier when they had gone down to the Batcave.

Nazo felt a bruise forming on his rib cage, another result of him not paying attention -- according to Bruce anyway. If this was his punishment he wasn't sure if he wanted to know what Robin had gotten.

Bruce speaks coldly, "Keep your head up and senses heightened, Nazo. You have to feel where every attack will come from. You are not allowed to get hit during training. You will imagine every blow as the killing hit. The one that ends you. That takes your life. I do not want you to miss a single attack again, understand?"

Once Nazo responded, Bruce nods, "Good, do ten more full speed laps non stop then head up for breakfast."

Alfred smiled at Kasey's choice, serving her a plate. "Master Nazo is busy with his father, but should be here shortly." And it would be shortly, otherwise the butler would be making a trip down to the cave himself.

Nazo dodged another attack, landing in a crouch as he listened to his father."Yeah, I get it." He gritted out as he felt himself getting tripped up, landing hard on the training mat. With a sigh, Nazo remained where he was as Bruce left. He took back his previous thoughts, Robin deserved what he got. School with bruised ribs, and countless other bruises and such was not going to be easy, and now he had to do laps?! Heaving himself up and stumbling slightly, Nazo forced himself through the struggle, knowing two things. One, there were countless cameras down here that would tell Bruce if he didn't do as he was told. And two, he needed the training if he was ever going to make it on the team, or have any chance at being Batman's partner.

As he finished the final lap, Nazo wasn't sure if he would stand anymore, let alone walk! Sliding onto one of the benches, he tried to summon enough energy to go shower, bandage his ribs, and get ready to face the day. It didn't take long to get through all this, and soon, Nazo was entering the kitchen. Slinging his backpack off his shoulder, he took the seat across from Kasey, and a plate from Alfred.

"Morning." He said, stifling a yawn. "Sleep well?" He asked, reaching for the jug of water in the middle of the table and wincing slightly when the pain radiated up his side.

Pouring himself a glass of water, and quickly downing it, Nazo was about to answer Kasey's first question, planning to say that he had slept alright, when she burst out about his black eye. In all honesty he had forgotten about the minor bruising, the bruising everywhere drawing his attention.

"I uh..." He rubbed the back of his neck, trying to come up with an explanation. "My dad's got me on this training plan, you know, for self defense and all that. Must have gotten a little out of hand this morning is all." Not a complete lie, but not quite the truth either.

He felt this wasn't enough to completely convince Kasey though. "It's nothing, really." He said with a grin, beginning to pick at his food and hoping she wouldn't further probe the subject.

"No, no! You don't understand..." Nazo started to explain but stopped when he saw the glowing tattoos that had appeared. Standing he walked around the table to stand next to Kasey, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Alfred's right, I knew what I was getting into. Besides, it'll heal in a few days." He sent a thankful glance to Alfred before turning back to Kasey. "Bruce knows what he's doing." He tried to reassure her. He was grateful Bruce hadn't entered the kitchen or things could have ended badly.

"Kasey, are you alright?" Nazo asked, trying to get the attention off himself. "You're uh, kinda glowing." He said, looking down to where he could see the marks on her arms and then back to her face. He knew there was an emergency sedative hidden in one of the cupboards, too many close calls with angry bat fam to not have one nearby, but he didn't want to use it on Kasey unless it was absolutely necessary to protect either herself or others. He knew Alfred also knew where it was and would act accordingly if things started to get out of control.

Nazo was thankful Kasey had calmed down without any further assistance. He watched curiously as the glowing faded, glancing to Alfred who looked baffled by the effect. The both knew Bruce would need to know about this, and Nazo hoped Alfred would do so seeing as how he wasn't exactly in his dad's good books right now.

As she left to get ready for school, Nazo released a deep breath and slumped into a chair, wincing as he agitated his ribs.

"This is going to be a long day." He said as Alfred turned to the sinks.

Having already brought his bag down, he waited in the kitchen, eating a little while wondering where Bruce was. He had left the cave long before he had, and surely hadn't eaten already. He also wondered where Selina was, sure she wasn't really a morning person, but it was strange not seeing either of them, apart from his extra training session earlier.

The parents in question were having a small spat about Bruce's punishment. It wasn't loud, but you could clearly hear in their voices how upset they were. Meanwhile, they are also trying to figure out the will left by Kasey's mother. The head lady over the orphanage seemed to be reluctant into giving it up when the Waynes' lawyer was contacted by Ms. Rose's lawyer about how Kasey was the only one stated in it.

The parents were basically too busy thinking about the children than food.

"Bruce," Selina spoke up after rereading the will for the hundredth time.

"Selina, Nazo isn't a child anymore. He'll have to take the punishments given if he is to work with us. I will not be lenient this time."

Nazo waited patiently for Kasey to be ready while Alfred left to bring the car around for them. Picking up his bag from where he had dropped it he realized he had forgotten one of his books. Passing the closed door to his parents room, he was stopped by the sounds of their voices inside. Pausing, he listened for a moment before carrying on to his room, knowing that if he stuck around for too long, Bruce wouldn't be too pleased...again.

Entering his own room, he saw the papers on his desk and made a mental note to ask to go see the team at some point, they needed to keep the plans going if they wanted to get this accomplished. Nazo would also have to think of how he was going to explain this to Kasey, or even if he could. Though her display earlier showed once more that there was more to her than first expected, maybe telling her about the team wouldn't be that bad of an idea.

As Nazo made his way back down the hall, he knocked on Kasey's door."Almost ready in there?" He called, knowing that Alfred was ready and waiting for them.

As the door opened, Nazo smiled, trying to reassure Kasey that whatever had happened earlier wasn't a big deal. When he saw that she had been crying, though, the smile faded.

"Are you alright?" He asked, leading Kasey down the stairs.

He saw Alfred come in, probably to collect them.

"We don't have to talk about it now, it can wait if you want." Nazo said. Growing up with someone like Bruce Wayne, he knew that some people preferred not to talk about things that were bothering them.

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